7.4

Changes made to the system time can have adverse effects on the processes managed by PlanetPress Suite Work-
flow Tools. When changing from daylight saving time to standard time, for example, if PlanetPress Suite Workflow
Tools starts a given process at 2:00AM, and if the system time is then taken back to 1:00AM, the application will start
a new instance of the same process when the system time reaches 2:00AM for a second time. So, when you manually
change the system time, be aware that it may have an effect on PlanetPress Suite Workflow Tools and its processes.
And for those cases when you know the system time will change automatically, you may consider creating special
schedules.
Information Tab
The Information tab lets you enter information that is not critical to your process but may help others (or yourself in the
future)to understand what the process does. It offers two boxes:
l Description: Aone-line box to give a title or short description to your process.
l Comments:A multi-line box to give more detailed information, for example the file format expected, explanation of
the system in general.
Add a PlanetPress Suite Process
You can create a new process in a two different ways:
l In the Ribbon, go to the Home tab and click the Process button in the Processes group.
l In the Configuration Components Pane, right-click on any process or the Processes folder and select Insert
Process.
Regardless of the method, a new process is created with a default name (Process1, Process2, etc), Input Task and Output
Task. The defaults are configurable in the Default Configuration User Options screen.
The same methods can be used to create a new Startup process:
To add a PlanetPress Suite startup process:
l In the Ribbon, go to the Home tab and click the Startup Process button in the Processes group.
l In the Configuration Components Pane, right-click on any process or the Processes folder and select Insert
Startup Process.
You can only have one Startup Process in any given configuration and cannot add more.
Considerations:
l While your configuration is limited to a maximum of 512 processes, any given process can have as many tasks as nec-
essary.
l A given process may include output tasks that generate files used by input tasks from other processes.
l When you send a configuration to your PlanetPress Suite Workflow Tool service, all its active processes are applied.
l Each process’ schedule determines when its initial input task can be performed.
l Other tasks included in the process are performed regardless of schedule, granted that the previous task was per-
formed.
Manipulate Local Variables
For information about Global Variables see Global Variables.
The PlanetPress Suite Workflow Tools Configuration Program